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Comment by Sammiches

New elite battle pet that can be battled in Kun-Lai Summit. Looks like a greenish version of Tiny Goldfish/Fishy, and I think it's fair to say it may be a reference to the Pokemon, Gyarados.

Comment by Starchy

He's on the western shore of Binan Village in Kun-Lai summit. His basic frost attack hits for 300-400 per round, but the thing to watch out for is his Whirlpool and heal.

I'd recommend a flying pet that has some sort of unattackable ability, like a gull with Lift-Off, so you can avoid his Whirlpool when it goes off + do additional damage with flying attacks. Since I didn't have one of those, I ended up going for damage with my Guardian Cub's Reckless Strike/Wild Winds, Mini Thor's Launch Rocket/Toxic Smoke, and Li'l Tarecgosa's Surge of Power.

As a side note, the Scourged Whelpling is also a very good choice here with Call Darkness and Tail Sweep. I use the whelpling and then the blighthawk as second (so he can devour a corpse if necessary), mostly the whelpling gets dos-ryga down to 1k before he dies.

Comment by Zeneo

Dos-Ryga is located in Kun-Lai Summit at location 67.9, 84.7. Dos-Ryga can be defeated using Amber Moth, Effervescent Glowfly and Sandy Petrel.

Comment by Naraus

There are two flaws about this pet:

1. It's alone.2. It has high hp.

Get a Nether faerie dragon, it has 2 "flying based" attacks and the punch line it also has "Life Exchange", this pet can solo Dos-Ryga.

Attack the fish intill your Faerie dragon gets to 150 hp or below then pop "Life Exchange" and you'll go back to full hp while the fish goes down to 1600hp or below, then finish it off.

Comment by Mormolyce

Okay at first he seemed impossible even with my Pterrodax Hatchling which is flying and usually pretty kick ass. This guy took him out in 4 rounds while outhealing his damage. I finally did beat him using the following:

1) A level 23 rare Shrine Fly I just happened to have. Because of this poison, which does 6% of base HP per round for 5 rounds. It's flying damage but didn't seem to benefit from the Strong bonus. Also it did about 180 per tick, which is less than 6% of his HP but I think that's because my Fly wasn't level 25. But the big thing is it's a dot that is PERCENTAGE based and this legendary pet has a truckload of HP.

2) Lil' Ragnaros. Because he is stupidly, stupidly OP.

3) A freaking lucky crit on my Pterrodax's Lift-Off. The thing has a high miss chance so to get a crit on it is frankly just total bullcrap on my part. Oh well, I feel like these legendary pets cheat so I'm just going to cheat right back.

Comment by sirinad

EDIT: This strategy was valid as of 5.2 but no longer works effectively in 5.3. I've updated a short 5.3 strat for this fight which you can find in the comments for this boss.

Ok, so, I found a rather humorous combination of pets that can be used to defeat ANY Beast of Fable. Here's the jist.

You need to start with a pet that can cast Sunlight (Sunlight). Cast Sunlight and swap to your next pet.

Your second pet needs to have Life Exchange (Life Exchange). Attack a few times then cast it. Do NOT try to push the damage so low that it gets risky; use it when you hit half health or so.

Finish with any pet that can use Predatory Strike (Predatory Strike). Obviously you want to use this ability whenever the opponent is under 25% health.

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So how does this strategy work? It exploits the insanely high health of the beasts of fable and uses it against them. Sunlight will increase their health and your health by 50%. This means that Life Exchange, which caps out at your max health, can hit 50% harder. Most pets with this ability seem to have 1400 health, which means that with Sunlight, Life Exchange will hit for 2100. The Beasts of Fable have about 4200 health; with Sunlight, that means they'll be down to roughly 2100/6300 (it'll vary a bit from beast to beast). That means if you can do roughly 500 extra damage to the enemy sometime during the fight, they'll be under 25% health and be one-shottable by Predatory Strike, as 1500-1600 health will still be killable by the strike. Note in many cases it also may be possible for the second pet to simply beat the enemy to death on their own; this is just a generic thing.

There are two things you need to watch out for. First, on pets that heal, you'll need to make sure the enemy is low enough, and it'll take a few extra hits. Not a big deal, just be aware of it. It's obviously very essential that the enemy be under 25% when you use Predatory Strike; if they're just a bit high, you'll be in for a harder fight. Second, watch out for pets that Burrow/Dive/BeaverDam/block your attacks in some way. Life Exchange and Predatory Strikes are essential abilities that can't be allowed to miss, so against enemies that have a potential to block these, be careful.

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There are a LOT of options for pets with these abilities, and almost anything will work. However, I like

1) For the first pet, my personal preference is Soul of the Aspects (though Terrible Turnip works, and I'm sure almost everyone will have it). It doesn't matter much, but he can open with Surge of Light for a little bit of free damage, taking some load off my second pet; no other pet with Sunlight has a good, hard-hitting ability that only takes one turn.

2) My preference for the second pet is Nether Faerie Dragon or Sprite Darter Hatchling (the same thing, other than perhaps stats). This is probably your most important pet to choose well, since he'll be the only one doing actual combat. Higher health is better if you have the choice. Mini Mindslayer works as well, but he doesn't really have a good choice for spammable attacks; you need to either use a weak attack or one that locks you into doing nothing else for 3 turns. With the dragons, you can Arcane Blast and then Life Exchange whenever you want. As another minor perk, the dragons will get their +50% damage buff when the target goes under 25% health, giving you an indication they're ready to be hit with Predatory Strike.

3) My preference for the final pet is Miniwing (Miniwing). There are a ton of pets with Predatory Strike, and any will work. However, there's a good chance your Flyer will get hit under 50% health (due to Sunlight) before they can attack and lose his speed buff. Speed is your friend; you don't need to hit hard, you just need to hit before the enemy can Burrow/heal/whatever. Miniwing is EXTREMELY fast, so he should always go first. That being said, there are other fast Flyers too, but this one is just my preference.

Comment by Rocknight

If you have an Effervescent Glowfly, this is absolutely the pet to use here. It has one ability that deals 6% of the target's max health every round for four rounds, and another which gives the opponent a chance to injure themselves. Keep those "dots" up and you'll soon shave some health off him.

I coupled this with the Harbinger of Flame which has the Impale ability - instant kill if the opponent is below 25%. So get the health down using Glowfly and one other pet, then finish off using Impale. Be careful, it heals itself so you don't want to use Impale until after it has put its heal on cooldown and you know for sure it's gonna be on sub 25% when Impale hits.

The third pet I used was a Highlands Turkey. I used this one first - it has higher speed than the opponent so you can instantly put it into a Coma, then unleash a couple of 'free' attacks. Finally just before your turkey dies, use its dot (Squawk) to reduce the damage it does to your Glowfly when you bring him in as the second pet.

Hope that helps. Turkeys and Glowflies are easy to come by so this should be an accessible tactic to many people.

Comment by Romulon64

Dos-Ryga, is found on the Shores of Inkgill Mere, I've tried fighting this flying fish with a number of different pets and found so far that the my Vodoo Figurine and Core Hound Pet, both level 25 have taking this rare pets health down the most. I have also tried using a level 21 Bile Frog. What I have found that the pets with attacks that last 4 or more rounds have the greatest affect on this Rare Pet. I will try adding the Marsh Fiddler to the mix since it is the only pet I have that could be considered a flying pet that is high enough in level to try and assist in the fight against it hit. I will update with more information later, especially if I defeat it.

Comment by djgoofydwow

I used the following setup and it wasn't bad:- Mei Li Sparkler- Silky Moth- Shimmering Wrymling

The first two pets just about finished them off.

Comment by moochen

I used the Fire-Proof Roach as my first pet. Used the ability Apocalypse. The ability killed him when the meteor hit, after 15 rounds. I guess any roach or beetle with the ability would do. Edit: The roach does not have to be alive or the pet in play when the meteor hits btw. (thanks huspomike)

I use sirinad's suggestion - my pets are Terrible Turnip/Sprite Darter Hatchling/Brilliant Kaliri) - which works for every one of these guys, though there are a couple healers for which it's probably easier to use 3 of the appropriate counter class.

Comment by Lon3wvlf

Gy-rados, similar to Gyarados, Pokemon #130, which evolves from Magikarp which looks very similar to Dos-Ryga.

Is he going to use Splash?

Comment by Bratamoli

Important Notes:

There's No xp multiplier for defeating Elite Battle Pets.

They have higher drop rates for rare stones and alt panda pets.

The bag for the fable daily has a very large chance to contain a random rare upgrade stone.

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Comment by Diodor

Dark Whelpling & Crow eat this guy alive. Just make sure to use healing debuffs from both.

Comment by Bellabosa

Used the sparkler for the DoTs, then when the fish ate it, used Alpha Strike/Cocoon Strike through the Garden Moth, finished it with Alpha Strike/Cocoon Stroke on the Amber Moth.

It was close, but easy enough. No muss, no fuss.

Comment by Charlie51

When I first looked at that.. I thought it was a cabbage.

Comment by Heimdallen

About 50% of the time, I am able to solo this fish with only a level 25 rare Gilnean Raven. (Note, a Crow has the same capabilities and is interchangeable). Begin with Call Darkness, then cast Nocturnal Strike, followed by Pecking until Nocturnal Strike is up again on the last round of darkness weather. Cast Nocturnal Strike before the weather buff fades, then reapply repeat the whole thing by casting Darkness again, pecking until Nocturnal Strike is ready to cast. With a little luck, Dos-Ryga is dead before your bird.

However, the other 50% of the time when I don't crit and Dos-Ryga doesn't miss once or twice, a couple hard hits from another flying pet finishes the job for me no problem.

You can carry a third pet, though you get so little XP you might opt to have a third capable pet in case he crits non-stop or you keep missing. Whatever the case, if you open with a Raven or Crow I'm sure you'll find the fight very easy!

Comment by Morgaledh

Moths work great against him, I used a lvl25 blue Silky Moth to kill him and never had to switch pets. Just use cocoon when he tries to hit you with the whirlpool and then just alpha strike him down.

Comment by Vellaas

I spent a decent amount of time this afternoon figuring out how to kill the Beasts of Fable since the 5.3 changes. Dos-Ryga definitely gave me the most trouble out of all of them, but this is how I finally kill him.

I lead with Lil' Deathwing's call darkness followed by Elementium bolt. (I think anything with a mutli-round windup would work though.) I then swapped pets to something that can increase damage taken significantly such as a Grassland Hopper's Swarm so that the elite defense would be down by the time the Elementium bolt hit. By the time swarm ended the Grassland hopper was usually dead, but there was a round or two left on the bonus damage. So follow it up with something else that hits pretty hard like Soul of the Aspect's Surge of Light and Claw to take it home.

If he doesn't crit you at all, this seems like a fairly reliable strat. Hope this helps and happy hunting all.

Comment by sirinad

This beast got buffed really hard in 5.3 I wouldn't be surprised to see a bit of a nerf to him, but the main problem is that he heals for an absurdly large amount. The main trick seems to be pets with Call Darkness (Call Darkness). The best 2 for this would be Crow and http://www.wowhead.com/npc=63098n (Gilnean Raven) since they have a myriad of flying abilities, but it looks like almost any set of pets with Call Darkness will work.

To finish things off, you may want to use a pet with Predatory Strike to finish them off. If this happens, obviously, you need to make sure Call Darkness doesn't fall, but it lets you finish the fight relatively quickly using this pet as the final pet.

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Comment by boothill66

Every part of this is wrong but I'm sure it might work when the dice rolls misses and crits in your favor the the same as 3 random pets might kill it if it misses 5 times. The ability for them to take something as simple as a daily and screw it up so much amazes me almost as much as how insensitive they are about for no reason making things a complete waste of time for no reason. There is no pet combination that can routinely defeat this with the damage and healing it does. I challenge anyone to post on uTube two consecutive wins. Nothing against you but the only way to defeat this is to have a couple stacks of Battle Pet Bandages and stand there for what could be an hour while they needlessly waste what will add up to hours of your time.

Comment by Mormolyce

Okay, so I used to use my 6% dot to wear this guy down but with the changes that's no longer an option. He does enormous damage and if you try to heal or avoid it you just give him time for his massive heal to come off CD. So the only way to beat him is sheer brute force (I honestly can't see how that is better than the way it used to be).

After many attempts, I used a 2-round 100% damage debuff (in my case, Howl from my Fox Kit) then swapped to a flying pet. Just kept attacking until my pet died, reapplied Howl and got out a second flying pet. He got off a heal (back up to like 85%) but the damage was just too strong and he went down to my 2nd flying pet in two rounds. I was using a Shrine Fly and a Pterrodax Hatchling for reference (would be better if they were high damage flying pets instead though).

Comment by hefron

Used rotation of Glowing Toxin, Confusing Sting, Slicing WInd, Slicing Wind until Glowy is dead and then Pump him to death.

Comment by Fistula

Hi,Just wanted to confirm , after wiping a few times with other combos, that keeping Call Darkness up to reduce those heals is the way to go.I used Scourged Whelpling followed by Effervescent Glowfly. Had Miniwing as third pet but didn't need him.

Comment by rickygabrielbird

Alpine Foxling KitDazzling DanceHowl

Amber MothMoth Dust

Alpine Foxling KitHowl

Garden MothMoth Dust

This seemed to work for me on the first try, although it may have been down to the luck of Moth Dust sending him to sleep on the first go.

Good luck!

Comment by Taba

5.3 Easy Mode strategy

So, the 5.3 change basically made his heal twice as powerful as before, so the key is to be able to burst him down in that 5 round window. Chrominius is the real key to this strategy, and then follow him up with a Crow/Gilnean Raven.

The fight will follow this script every time as far as I can tell. He always uses Whirlpool and Healing Wave on Cooldown, in that order, and fills in with Frost Breath, so you get 5 rounds to kill him. Chrominius' 1400+ burst in 2 rounds trivializes this encounter.

Enjoy!

Comment by Joann

Start with Call Darkness.Use Scourged Whelpling of any quality, even freshly caught, don't need to be max lvl. Could also use any other pet with this ability as long as you have it with 700+ HP (more if it's Mini Diablo).Switch to one of thosefoxes.Need only lvl 21 blue (rare quality) to survive Whirpool (again, don't need to be max lvl) so better to use Kun-Lai foxes since you don't need to level them, but it's ok to use any other pet that uses both abilities if you have it on high enough lvl.Use Dazzling Dance and Howl (in that order).Switch to one of the pets that use Nocturnal Strike(any but the bats or Bone Serpent will do).Use Nocturnal Strike and if it didn't crit than finish off with Alpha Strike, Quills or Peck.

This can only fail if you'll get unlucky Whirpool timing which happens rarely or (unlikely) misses.

Comment by Savagist

As a previous user posted, for 5.3, just use a pet with Apocalypse and choose two other pets that are good for surviving. I chose to use a rabbit and Anubisath Idol. Worked like a charm. Never even had to use the rabbit.

Comment by Wetwired

This guy is so annoying to fight now. I used to beat him with no issue. Now he hits like a truck and heals more damage than I can deal.

Comment by Makhalan

Yesterday i failed at Dos-Ryga, today decided to try again.

This time using a cockroach with Apocalyps on his first turn than Hiss and Scratch til he died, Than i used my Scourged Whelpling with call darkness, plagued blood and tail sweep, she managed to stay alive till the acopolys fell but ... IT MISSED !, imagne my suprice , must be a glich it has a 100% chance and that would mean it never misses, so my last roach did not stand a change sinds call darkness was over. So healded my pets and did it again and yes, MISSED again,and one more time and again a MISS .

So please tell me this is bugged, (i hope it is) so i can kill him again and again and again, becaurse this team could be a winner.

Comment by nihmue

Depending on what pets you have available at lvl 25, here are two techniques that I found worked well for post-5.3 Dos-Ryga.

The first is the Apocalypse-survival technique; get a pet with Apocalypse (one of the cockroaches for example) and have two strong healer pets to fill out the rest of your team. Use Apocalypse as your first move, and then focus on surviving 15 rounds until Apocalypse hits. It helps if your healer pets have weather abilities to buff healing and spells that can make them avoid damage too (Survival for example). I used a Mirror Strider and a Giraffe Calf.One very important thing to note here: if your cockroach dies, Apocalypse will miss! So make sure to swap him out after his first move and keep him safe.

The second technique is to simply use a strong, fast flyer team. I found this faster and easier than the Apocalypse technique, I managed to kill Dos-Ryga fast without even bringing all my pets out.What I used was a Szechuan Chicken, a Gilnean Raven and an Imperial Moth. Use the raven's Call Darkness to make Dos-Ryga heal less, and then hit him hard with Nocturnal Strike and Alpha Strike.You can use your chicken's Flock to maximize the damage Dos-Ryga takes. Peck is a good strong attack to follow up with.I didn't have to use my moth, but both Cocoon Strike and Moth Dust should be very useful, while both the moths first tier abilities also hit hard.

Comment by Twostarx

Dos-Ryga opened with his heal, and I used Black Claw followed up with Hunting Party and then 2 turns of Leap. The whirlpool finished my raptor off on the same turn, but it worked a charm. I'd advise having a Crow or some other darkness pet in your team to seal the deal if he perhaps does a slightly different rotation.

Comment by Ronin47

Just solo'd him using Crimson Moth, and had more than half health left to boot!

Of course, got lucky with two sleeps on Moth Dust. Plus he never healed himself which was odd.

Failed to beat him 4 or 5 times before this. This guy, Gorespine and Lucky Yi are the most pesky now since the patch imo.

Comment by sirinad

In 5.3, the Sunlight strategy no longer works, but there is another relatively easy way to beat this guy.

Zandalari Kneebiter or Zandalari Anklerender can end this fight very quickly (you'll probably need 2 as one will die, though you can use 2 of the same one). Note that the other two raptors don't have the correct move sets, it's just these two.

If you use one of each, use the Kneebiter second; the first pet dies when Black Claw and the double damage buff from Hunting Party are still up (which is a lot more likely than it sounds), then Bloodfang makes a very strong opener before starting Kneebiter's combo.

While unrelated to this strategy, Gilnean Raven and Crow make great pets for this fight (identical move sets, different stats; both will work). Keep up Call Darkness to prevent him from healing for too much, and Nocturnal Strike when possible for massive damage.

Comment by sunslayer2013

I used 3 rare Critters with Flank / Hiss / Swarm skill (Cockroach). His haste is 287, so if you got any Critters have speed more than 290, use it. My pets are around 1k6 HP each and only 1 Critter is slower than him, and other 2 have speed = 306. I use the slowest one for begin the fight. My strat is:

- R1. Cast Hiss in first round (because my first cockroach is slower than him), deal 50dmg. Got 4 round to attack first. On first round, Dos'Ryga use to cast heal on himself or Whirlpool.

- R2. Cast Swarm, Swarm will make a debuff (last 2 round) on Dos'Ryga which is eliminate his elite buff and damage him for 150 HP. He will cast Whirlpool if didn't do in first round.

- R3. Still on Swarm - this will cause 100x3 = 300 damage to Dos'Ryga, he will fire his Frost breath cause 500-700 damage - If you are lucky, he will cast Heal on this Round, you still take 700 damage from Whirlpool but not Stun for next round.

- R4. Still on Swarm cause next 300 damage (Total ~ 800) - Dos'Ryga will use his Heal if he not use on Round 1 -this will cause he back to full HP, if not, he will do Whirlpool again.

- R5. Use Flank, since you faster than him, you will cause 400-600 (Total 1200 to 1400) to him. He will do 500-700 to you. or heal himself again (heal is cooldown if he used on R1 - back to 1400-1600HP).

- R6. Use Flank, cause next 400-600 dps (His HP: 800 to 1000) - End of debuff - if Whirlpool drops, pet will not die in either way.

- R7: Use Swarm again. You will cause debuff again. He may kill your first pet in this round by Frost Breath but he got only around 600-700 HP left.

- R8: Use Flank - Cause 400-600 damage. He may only have 200- 300 left.

- R9: Use Flank again cause 400-600. End of debuff. He will die in this round. If not, he will use Heal and restore up to 1k1 HP.

- R10 to 12: Rinse repeat Swarm.

- R13-16: Repeat Flank.

On mostly time, I killed him by my 3rd pet with Flank. Flank have 100%hit rate, it can be dodged but since you attack first, you will always do 400 to 600 damage to him. And thank for Critter type, you cannot be stun, so you can start next round again with attacking him first. If you are lucky, you can kill him by 2nd pet with half of HP. Good luck.

Comment by TevishSzat

With the advent of 5.3 and the changes to "Elite" Battle Pets, Dos-Ryga is far more threatening than it once was. This is due chiefly to its healing move, which now works effectively at double strength. You can kill Dos-Ryga one of three ways

1) Cast Apocalypse and survive (including the casting pet surviving) until it falls2) Burst down Dos-Ryga entirely between heals3) Nerf healing with Call Darkness and apply good DPR as well.

For strategy 1, you need a Roach of some description, and pets that can tank Dos-Ryga. Most of Dos-Ryga's damage comes from the Dragonkin-typed Frost Breath, so you want an undead to tank it if possible. At the very least, don't use a magical (super-effected by Frost Breath) or Elemental (Super-effected by Whirlpool) to do your tanking. I like the Scourged Whelpling (With Tail Sweep, Death and Decay, Plagued Blood) and Anubisath Idol (Crush/Sandstorm/Deflection) as tanks here, but any two hardy pets can work. Remember, the two of them need to soak 15 rounds of Dos-Ryga. You can have your roach back up at the end, but they aren't usually the most durable so the longer your other pets can hold out, the better.

Strategy 2 can be accomplished a number of different ways, but probably the easiest is to use a pet that applies Swarm (+% damage taken) until it dies, followed by Chrominius applying Howl and finally striking with Surge of Power while both the Swarm and Howl debuffs perisist. Any other "Extra damage" moves you can get in there help, but Swarm and Howl are critical. To ensure the Swarm debuff lasts long enough, your swarmer should have a higher speed than Dos-Ryga.

The third and final strategy is, in my opinion, the easiest: The ideal team for it would consist of three of Lil Deathwing, Crow, and/or Gilnean Raven, but you could get away with just Lil Deathwing and a rare Crow, followed by any third pet with good damage (Perhaps the Vampiric Batling if you have it?): I did. You need to do two things for this strategy to work: maintain Call Darkness and nuke. I'm going to describe the rotation for Lil' Deathwing into corvids. Lil Deathwing uses Tail Sweep/Call Darkness/Elementium Bolt: Open with the Bolt, then Call Darkness, then Tail Sweep until Lil Deathwing falls or one of your other abilities is off Cooldown. Elementium bolt does respectable damage and earns you a turn of stun (probably about as you're switching to your first corvid), Call Darkness halves Dos Ryga's healing, and Tail sweep is just better than Shadow Flame, all things considered. Once the dragon falls, go to a corvid. Maintain Call Darkness, use Noctournal Strike whenever it's up, and fill in the spare turns with Alpha Strike. This line-up of moves can exist on both Crow and Gilnean Raven, so it doesn't matter which you use. If you don't have two birds, as I said you can fill in with any good burst damage at the end, preferably one that has a good starting hit rate so you don't get done in by your own Call Darkness (I'd recommend an elemental, but an ill-timed whirlpool could ruin you)

Comment by v3nu5

As of the latest patch this creature heals for a larger hp amount.

Comment by MtaAH

Just beat him w/ 3 Kun-Lai Runts all three w/

Takedown - Frost Shock - Deep Freeze

He killed the first two but got him in the end.

Comment by Johnnycakes13

Due to changes the Sunlight/Life Exchange/Predatory Strikes combo no longer works. You will have to figure your team out.

Comment by groohl

Start with rare Gilnean Raven (S/S): Call Darkness

Switch to rare Alpine Foxling (S/S): Howl

Back to Gilnean Raven: Nocturnal Strike + Peck

Win!

Comment by VoodooDues

I spent a lot of time losing to this fish until I came up with this strat, which involves stacking dots. The key is the Disgusting Oozeling. The team I use is below. You will need to use another ooze type pet with identical skills, if you don't have the Disgusting Oozeling. You can sub an Effervescent Glowfly in for the Fel Flame, as long as you use both poison dots. The more dots you have applied prior to using the Disgusting Oozeling, the more effective this strat will be. Dots with a long duration and damaging weather effects are best. I have not lost with this strat yet, and I have passed it along to others, who have used it successfully too.

-Cast Corrosion.-Cast Acidic Goo and watch the fish melt.-Cast Ooze Touch-Keep both dots up for the remainder of the Oozes life..-Switch back to Kun-Lai Runt if the fish isn't already dead. (My last kill, the fish had 4 health left after the ooze died.)

Edit: Finally lost an attempt against Dos-Ryga today with this strat, due to some bad luck and missed hits. Damn rng.

Comment by Kiernan

It's kind of cheap, but this fight can be done with any kind of roach and two other pets that can either stun or survive for several rounds. I did it with a nether roach, casting Apocalypse in the first round. Swap it out for another pet in the next round.

My other pets were a turkey, which can put the fish to sleep, and a frog, which can self-heal and has a chance to stun with the kiss. Anything that can last a while will do. Survive until Apocalypse has a few rounds left, then get back to the roach. If you're in any danger of dying, cast Survival. Apocalypse will then skip over your roach and kill the fish in one hit. Success!

Comment by hootstwo

Gilnean Raven, Crow and Brilliant Kaliri make absolute mincemeat of this guy. My Kaliri only had to get in one hit after my Crow was dead, and it was over. Raven never even has to come into play usually.

Comment by silkekitten

This guy is really frustrating. I have had him down to 1000 hp and he goes and fully heals himself. How are you supposed to kill him if he does that? I have killed him once since the patch but I think that was just a fluke, cause using the same pets I have been trying all morning and he kills me each and every time. I submitted a bug report to Blizz and I'm hoping something is done.

Comment by silkekitten

Finally killed him with Shrine Fly, Luyu Moth, and Garden Moth. It's all dependent on whether or not moth balls puts him to sleep.

Comment by Moofausa

After several frustrating attempts with different teams, I found one that worked My setup was:Fire Beetle: Flank, cauterize, apocStrand Crab: surge, renewing mists, shell shieldAnubisath Idol: Crush, sandstorm, deflectionMy strat was:Fire Beetle (opener)1.Cast apocalypse2.Switched to Anubisath Idol3.Cast Sandstorm. 4. Dos-Ryga cast whirlpool5. Soak a hit from frost breath. 6. Soak a second hit from frost breath7. Put up deflection. This soaked the frost breath and the whirlpool8. Cast sandstorm if he doesn't cast a repeat frost breath.9. Switch to crab.10. Cast renewing mists11. Cast shell shield12. The next few turns were just filler, trying to survive until apocalypse landed.13. Apocalypse hit, killed my pet, and killed Dos-Ryga without me needing to switch in my beetle to soak the hit.14. Profit.

I had a lucky miss from sandstorm being up. I managed to pull it off with my level 17 anubisath idol who only had 1200 hp. I imagine it would be easier with a lvl 25.

Comment by Tumbanoo

I got by with lvl 22 Deepholm Cockroach and 25 Kun-lai Runt and Amber Moth. Cockroach cast Apocalypse and handed over to Runt who cast Frost-shock, Deep-Freeze and then Takedown. Amber Moth next who survived long enough with Cocoon Strike and Moth Dust for Apocalypse to strike. Both combatants died and Cockroach was last man standing.I'm sure I had a bit of luck but I'll keep using this strat until it doesn't work.

Comment by georgercop

After many failed attempts, finally beat this guy with just Lil' Deathwing and Scourged Whelpling, with a Tirisfal Batling in reserve.

Lil' Deathwing opens with Elementium Bolt, Call Darkness, then Tail Sweep until Bolt hits. (With Call Darkness, the fish didn't heal for more than 350 each time, as opposed to 950!) Used Call Darkness when it was up again, and Elementium Bolt until Deathwing died.

Scourged Whelpling next, renewing Call Darkness if it needed to be, Plagued Blood and Tail Sweep until the fish died.

Still think it needs a nerf, though...

Comment by hootstwo

If you have the pets, Gilnean Raven, Crow and Brilliant Kaliri destroy this guy. Send in either the Crow or the Raven, put up darkness and destroy as much as you can. If there's anything left to darkness when the first pet dies, send in Kaliri and get off a nocturnal strike, then quills till one of you is dead (good chance you'll have him with the Kaliri), if he's still kicking, send in the remaining black bird and wipe him up. Easy peesey.

Comment by Phentari

Wow. Now I remember why I don't bother with this quest anymore. After about thirty attempts, I finally beat him using a Crystal Beetle, Mr. Pinchy, and a Singing Cricket. The Crystal Beetle laid down Apocalypse; the other two pets had one mission: survive. Mr. Pinchy used Wish and Renewing Mists, while the Singing Cricket used Nature's Touch and Cocoon Strike--anything I could do to slow down the pounding. Ended with the beetle undamaged and the other two dead.

Comment by AldursApprentice

Well, tried the Crystal Beetle approach today. Still had Menagerie Custodian at 100% when I switch him out for the beetle for the last round of Apocalypse. Apocalypse is supposed to have a 100% hit chance. Guess what? It missed. o.0

Comment by Qliyo

Killed him again with a new group. Lil' Deathwing, Effervescent Glowfly and Forest Moth.

Comment by Deborahh

It took me a while before i found the perfect team for this Pet battle.

Used my Tolai Hare with Stampede when your tolai hare die use your Oasis Moth and start with Moth Dust Dos Ryga will fall asleep, use now Cocoon strike and the final attack will be Slicing wind (twice).

Managed to kill him very quick with only these 2 pets!

Comment by RCanine

Is the apocalypse strat still viable?

My team (Pterrodax Hatchling, Restless Shadeling, Fire Beetle) can easily outlast the apocalypse, but it always seems to miss.

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Comment by gwen4605

Managed to kill it with Harbinger of Flame, Harpy Youngling, and Oasis Moth. Used Immolate and then Conflagrate then burn then another Immolate before dying. Then used Harpy for Flyby and Quills then Liftoff for whirlpool. When she died used Oasis Moth with Moth Balls and Slicing wind till it died. Hope this helps :)

Comment by IMissThottbot

If you face the lake while starting the battle, Dos-Ryga will be swimming in it. Which is awesome, because he's a fish.

Comment by rawford

i started with a rare level 25 chrominius

used howl 1st round, then bite on the 2nd round, then mana surge on the 3rd round. then chrominius died.

swapped to a rare level 21 kun-lai runt.

used frost shock on the 1st round, deep freeze on the 2nd round, then takedown on the 3rd round.

killed dos-ryga with no problems.

Comment by Berrenger

My tactic is to not even bother trying to kill him. My team comprises Deepholm Cockroach, Frosty and Unborn Val'kyr. The tactic is to cast Apocalypse on the first turn, then swap in one of the undead and basically wait for the 15 turns to run out. Undead pets are great for this because of their passive ability.

Comment by kshultz06082

So, here is what I did/used... my pets in order of use were Savory Beetle (level 23), then Scourged Whelpling (level 25) and another Savory Beetle (level 25) / Beetles can be switched to roaches. Just need the apocalypse ability and the survival ability.

Step 1: Level 23 Beetle puts down apocalypse

Step 2: Switch to the whelp. Use call darkness whenever possible but your main objective here is to use up a bunch of the rounds on apocolypse. The whelp should be able to live thru 5 or 6 rounds because the only ability Dos-Ryga has that doesn't have a cooldown is an ability that is weak against undead.

Step 3: Once the whelp dies, switch back to the first beetle and use "Survival" right before his whirlpool procs, at this point, there should only be 3 or 4 rounds left until apocalypse hits. Just do whatever you can to keep one of the beetles alive until apocalypse hits. It will kill Dos-Ryga, but as long as you have a beetle or roach up when it hits, they will survive it and you win!

Comment by notsuoh

I don't remember this guy healing so much before. Does anyone know if this was changed? He will kill my first pet then completely heal to full health. How is this possible to kill him? That healing wave is incorrect. Healed 864, 963...

Comment by Xarlequin

Use a fox with Dazzling Dance andHowl. Make sure you use Howl right when the fox is about to die. Do some random ability in between if possible.

Next use a flying pet, i prefer Garden Moth but other moths or other flying pets should work too. Lift-off will however be less effective due to low hit-chance and due to the fact it takes 2 turns to finish. If it hits with the damage buff still active it should onceshot the elite though.

Anyway, that made it extremely easy for me at least. He had no possible way to outheal the damage I was throwing at him.

Comment by MacForGaming

I captured this pet with a glitch.

Comment by mewmewface

level 23 savory beetle with apocalypse, used apocalypse then flank then survival

rapana whelk level 25 then arctic hare

Comment by sirinad

So I found a rather interesting quirk to the way the Beasts of Fable damage reduction buff works that can be exploited to make basically any beast of fable fairly easy to kill. This is a generic strategy for all beasts and may have to be slightly adapted for each individual beast, but I'll include specifics where I think is necessary.

The main aspect to this trick is that if you place a +100% damage buff on the target (such as Howl), you would think that the Beast would take "normal" damage, because the damage taken is doubled from Howl and then cut in half from the beast of fable buff. However, the effects apparently add, not multiply; as a result, the Beast will end up taking +50% damage when these two buffs add together. This is a huge increase in the damage taken over what you'd expect, and as such, ANY sort of +100% damage buff from abilities like Howl, Flock, etc. are extremely powerful.

Now, for the specifics. For a simple team that can take out anything, I recommend using at least 2 of Chrominius, and then some other 3rd pet (which could be a 3rd Chrominius, but may be better as something else, which I'll go into later). If you go Howl + Surge of Power with Chrominius, it will do over 1100 damage. This means that if you do this with 2 Chrominius in a row, the Beast will die no matter who it is except for the healers. Against Beasts that don't hit as hard, you could go Howl + Bite + Surge, but there's little reason to do this against Beasts that won't heal since they'll die in the process anyway, and if you fail to cast the Surge of Power before dying you will have some other issues.

There are three Beasts that can heal, and this provides a bit of a problem to the strategy, but you can adjust. It should be noted that these Beasts won't get many opportunities to heal. Your strategy revolves around doing VERY high damage per turn, so they'll usually only get off 1 or at most 2 heals before the fight is over.

1) Dos Ryoga: This fish is often the hardest Beast for most people to beat. When using Chrominius, I recommend going Howl + Bite + Surge instead of just Howl + Surge. Dos Ryoga does hit hard, but he has a lot of abilities that avoid doing damage for a turn, so you'll usually have time to use all three of these abilities. Try to include a Flyer with Predatory Strike on your team. This ability hits pretty hard to begin with and will be fairly effective for finishing off the low-health Ryoga after your second Chrominius dies. Furthermore, if you ever find yourself in a situation where a Chrominius dies while there's still a turn of Howl left on Dos Ryoga (a fairly common occurence), always swap in the bird next and then use Predatory Strike. This will cause Dos Ryoga to take more damage than a Surge of Power, even if he's not under 25% health.

2) Nitun: This racoon isn't as hard as Dos Ryoga, but he is a little more random. One of the issues you may find yourself in is that against your first Chrominius, he may open with Prowl + Devour, which will cause him to heal all of the damage that Chrominius does. The trick as odd as it sounds is, don't try to outsmart him. Just go Howl Bite Surge on each of your Chrom's. If your first Chrom dies and there's still a turn of Howl up, you'll want to go Bite Howl Bite Surge, and this should kill Nitun before he can heal again. The nice thing here is that Bite is strong against Nitun to begin with, so while he's random, you can often just overpower the RNG with massive damage.

3) Lucky Yi: This cricket is quite easy in this strat, I include it only for completeness. He'll keep healing, but he doesn't hit all that hard and he's weak to Bite. Just do the Howl Bite Surge combo over and over and he'll die pretty easy.

Comment by Xarlequin

After having done this a few times, I realise there are only a few abilitys that are needed to beat all the elite pets easily.

The key here is to use the fox to buff the damage you deal in combination with two pets that share the same ability. In this case: Demolish, Claw and Moth Dust.

Below follows a much more advanced description of what it is I do. I am aware that there probably are stronger or more suitable pets to use, and the strategy works with almost any pets with these abilities. The point here was simply to narrow down how many pets was needed to beat these dailys easily. I also want to point out that I usually only need to use two pets and leave the third unharmed, but it's handy to have it there as a back up in case of miss-streaks or enemy critting.

As you might notice, most (maybe all) of these elites are either critter, beast or aquatic. What I do is basically starting off with the fox, using Dazzling Dance in the start of the fight, and timing a Howl right before the fox dies. This goes for each of the fights.

Then, if the enemy is aquatic, I run the fox aswell as 2 moths (Both using Alpha Strike, Cocoon Strike and Moth Dust) in my team to easily nuke down the aquatic enemy which is very easy if beginning with the damage buff from Howl.

If the enemy is beast, I run the fox as mentioned above aswell as Anubisath Idol, Anodized Robo Cub. Both those pets are running Demolish. As Demolish has a low hit chance you will sometimes lose because you end up with 6 misses in a row, but usualy it kills the enemy in two or three hits at the most.

If the enemy is a critter, I run the fox aswell as Fluxfire Feline and Fossilized Hatchling, both running Claw. These abilities will hit hard with the buff active. In case it runs out or in case you are up against a shielded or healing enemy, you can also use Prowl to counter the shield or healing abilitys.

Comment by Betonkocka

Yesterday I killed this dude with a 3 moths group. All 3 were level 25 rares. It is not a 100% sure figth, as depend very much on random crits, if Slicing Wind hits one, two or three times, if Moth Dust hits or not, puts in sleep or not. Sol, you might need some more tries, but finally, it is easy, because you don't have to level up very exotic pets. Just simple rare moths are enough :)

All three moths were using the same abilities; Moth Dust, Slicing Wind and Cocoon Strike

I started with Moth Dust (if miss, start the fight again); as this hurts a lot, and it can put the enemy in sleep, but it has 3 turns CD. I continued with Slicing Wind (if hits 3 times, fine, if one of them is crit, even better). Continue with the Slicing Wind, and if the Moth is still alive, use Moth Dust when available.Coccon Strike is not really useful here, as the aim is not survive, but make more damage than Dos-Ryga's heal.

Try to get pets which are faster than the enemy.

Actually, the 3 moth army can defeat any of the legendary aquatic pets, but this is the most difficult because of the huge heals.

Ti'un the Wanderer can cause some problems because of the Shell Shield, but he does not make huge damage. If you swap the moths and use only Moth Dust when he is shielded, it can work fine. Attacks with little damage don't hurt him because of the shield (Slicing Wind hit 1 or 2 only)

Comment by bdamages

A refinement to Joann's great method is to use a pet with both Call and Nocturnal; I use Gilnean Raven. I start with the fox and cast Dance and Howl, then switch to Raven, then to the Kaliri so I can cast a second Nocturnal before Darkness expires. Less chance of failure than the original team, in my experience.

Comment by thetravellor

I tried many of the suggestions on here. In the end my solution is simply to survive and blow everything up. This works for Dos Ryga and Tiun the Wander also.

The point of this strat is to survive long enough apocalypse to act - in fact Dos Ryga will be at full health most likely.

pet 1: Roach (any will do) Survival and Apocalypse

pet 2: Anubisath Idol

pet 3: Emerald Whelping (using emerald presence and emerald dream)

Use apocalypse, swap to Anubisath

Use sandstorm, deflections then crush, repeat deflection when off CD

When Idol is dead, switch to Emerald Whelpling

Use emerald dream, and breath, then emerald dream. Repeat.

this will take you to around 1-2 rounds of apocalypse landing, then swap the roach back in and use Survival.

Kaboom and win.

Comment by Qoko

Very straightforward brute force tactic but it worked very well for me to counter the healing wave:

The first flock will deal 3x 100 each, after that 3x 200 each with options to crit. Even with a heal inbetween he takes more damage than he can heal.

Comment by grandevil

For those who have been battling the legendary pets in 5.3 and using pets with the ability apocalypse you may have noticed that this ability may miss despite the spell description that this is a 100% hit chance ability (assuming no hit debuffs on your pet or block/dodge buffs on the target). I opened a ticket regarding this issue and received the following feedback from a GM indicating that this is a known issue:

"I see you are having an issue with the spell Apocalypse missing pets. You are absolutely correct in that 100% is not a relative term, it should be hitting 100% of the time. I'm not sure what pet battle you're referring to, but the pet Dos'Ryga among others does not seem to be getting hit with apocalypse 100% of the time. I took some time to dig into this for you, and it looks like this may be a bug. This particular issue isn`t one that we can fix immediately as it requires a hotfix or patch possibly to be fixed on a larger scale. I took some time to personally send the specific details of what happened here to the dev team to take a look into and hopefully they can get this rectified soon."

Don't despair! You are not alone!

Comment by grinderr

Easiest way to kill Dos-Ryga:Get the "Blighthawk" pet, it will solo this fight.

Comment by thebl4ckd0g

So is there some sort of buff these guy get after you beat them the first time?

Ealier today, I beat Dos-Ryga easily with my 3 man team.

Now that I'm doing the chapter dailies, he seems to be owning my team. :(

Comment by Derajalen

Apocalypse totally missed two times in a row in two whole fights.

Looks like time to level some of these weird random pets these guide clowns use :(I'm not a number crunching nerd, thank god, just always looking for the easy way and this one has gone the way of the dodo bird.

Comment by kwjohnstone

I beat this today in 1 try using

MINI MINDSLAYER; Amplify magic then Mana Surge, then Life Exchange (totally OP because at this point he will have annoyingly healed himself from the 1K damage you did to near full, and then bam you steal a nice 700 hp right back from him)

Repeat until dead

Then your second pet comes in, CHROMINIUS... Howl + Surge of Power for insta 1000-1500

He was left with 10 hp after this for me, at which point I brought in my

Comment by tainteddove

I used:

Scourged Whelpling (Call Darkness), then switched him to my Worg Pup who has 1725 HP. My worg Pup did dazzling dance, then howl, then got in a couple hits he did so much damage. I then switched to my Brilliant Kaliri who used Nocturnal Strike then Peck and he was dead with only 1 hit on him. My Scourged whelping never got hit, and my bird only got 200 pts of damage. The Worg Pup was sacrified in the name of winning. *plays taps* Thanks for the help!

Whirlpool casts seem off, or Fox gets stuck and cannot swap out to Crow. I think I have been Nerfed!

Comment by NerdLover85

I just want to say that most people who have done it with the other listed techniques but I found one that was good till the end just like chucky. I use (all blue "rares") a Deepholm Cockroach and a Dark Whelping and last and most importantly used a Nordrassil Whisp. I obviously used the roach for the apocalypse and you have a speed boost so you get to go first, I send out the whelping then for the call darkness and I do a lift off with a tail sweep to close (since this should be your last move), I use the whisp open with soul ward because his frost breath and whirlpool hit hard and are usually the next thing out of his mouth when whisp is drawn after that I used flash and then follow it with light then soul ward pass then flash and light again I did this a few times then bam apocalypse hit roach was still alive so it killed the fish but the whisp took one for the team. I hope this could help some who have had as much problems with this effin fish. Yaaaay Me!

NOTE: Rarely, Moth Dust will miss and if this happens, you won't be able to out-damage Dos-Ryga's heal, so just forfeit and start over. If you're having trouble with the Gryphon (2nd pet) living too long (it needs to die during Flock ability) then choose a pet with lower health. You only have to get the first round of Flock off for this to work.

Comment by edensessentials

beat him with these pets, but in the end, apocalypse is the only way to kill himfire-proof roachsandy petrelelfin rabbit

Dos-Ryga starts off with a heal and use the next in te fourth round then again in the eighth. So on your first pet do some damage and get Call Darkness up in the third round (not sooner or Dos will heal up in round 8). In round 3 your first pet will probably die..

Lil' Bad Wolf starts with Mangle to do extra damage for the rest of the fight and keep Howl for it's last round. Which should be round 8.

Then your flying battle pet to finish him off. Start with Moth Dust which was enough for me to win the fight, but if needed continue using Slicing Wind. You should have won before round 12.

If you try to kill Dos-Ryga before you got the Beasts of Fable Book I quest. Dos-Ryga starts off with a heal and use the next in te fifth round then again in the ninth. So on your first pet do some damage and get Call Darkness up in the fourth round (not sooner or Dos will up in round 9). In round 5 your first pet should be dead.

Lil' Bad Wolf starts with Mangle to do extra damage for the rest of the fight and keep Howl for it's last round. Which should be round 10.

Then your flying battle pet to finish him off. Start with Moth Dust which was enough for me to win the fight, but if needed continue using Slicing Wind. You should have won before round 14.

Comment by calvinhobbes

After 20-30 attempts at killing Dos-Ryga, I used the following combination in this order:

Comment by Dimple

If you have both a Pandaren Water Spirit and Chrominius then baring bad luck the following four step strat should take him down almost every time, just fill the third slot with your favourite big hitter as backup should you ever need it.

The above works with quite a few of the legendary pet encounters that may be giving you problems, including those at the very end of the Celestial Tournament.

Comment by Dimple

If you have both Pandaren Water Spirit and Chrominius then barring bad luck there's an even easier strategy than those already mentioned, both pets are easily obtainable and each only come in one breed so there's no special setup required.

On some occasions Dos-Ryga may even die after the Howl, it doesn't matter though since he'll be stunned from the Geyser so you'll have a free hit with the Surge of Power which itself hits for around 1.1K. However if you're still having problems killing him with the above then don't risk a Bite between steps 4 and 5, just switch to your third pet after step 5 and hit him with your nuke ability.

The above works for a number of legendary pet encounters, even those at the very end of the Celestial Tournament.

edit:One thing I failed to mention when I first posted this comment. Sometimes Dos-Ryga will open with their own Whirlpool, if they do just cancel the fight and start again since it can take take out Chrominius preventing you from getting off the all important Howl.

Comment by Tamesin

Finally after a few attempts and trying different pets I defeated Dos-Ryga with a Water Waveling, Chrominius and Scourged Whelpling

Started with the Water Waveling and used Geyser, next a Frost Shock and switched to Chrominius, then first Howl, next Bite and then Surge of Power. Chrominius did 1000+ damage with the Surge of Power and Dos-Ryga went down. Never even used the Scourged Whelpling.

Comment by gamer1494

This needs a nerf period

Comment by gamer1494

even running three flying pets you cant outdps the heal. the only way to do this is kill him in 3 round window, which is only possible with certain OP pets.

Blizzard essentially forces you to go out and farm the most OP dmg pets you can, and then level them all to 25 just to beat this one guy. Basically, blizzard wants to waste your time as much as possible and that is the one solitary point to battle pets. Its not fun, its frustrating, and it is designed to plainly waste your time for no reason.

Comment by holdwine

Another good combination that doesn't require Chrominius is to use a Fjord Worg and Gilnean Raven (or Crow, obtainable from pet battles during the Darkmoon Faire). You probably won't need a third pet, but if you do, use a moth or something with a Cocoon Strike or Takeoff.

Fjord Worg goes first, uses Howl. Then Bite. Then, depending how much health he has left (or if the whirlpool is about to kill him), he either uses Bite again, or Dazzling Dance. Whatever the case, make sure Dazzling Dance is your final move before dying. It will give you the speed advantage.

Next, the Crow. Call Darkness, then Nocturnal Strike. This should kill him. But if not, and your crow ends up dying before he can finish him off, your moth should be able to put him down. His health will be very low at this point.

Comment by Zharas

I found the easiest way to beat this fish is to get it down without letting Dos-Ryga use the heal at all.Only pets used were Lil' Deathwing and Chrominius as I didn't really need a 3rd pet.I opened with Deathwing and Call Darkness just for some start damage (280 dmg).2nd I used Elementium Bolt (2 round ability) and then switched to Chrominius. With Chrominius I used Howl and so the landing Elementium Bolt did extra damage (810 dmg) + it stunned Dos-Ryga. Then just Surge of Power for 1116 damage and it was dead!

From this point forward it becomes about holding off attacks with Phase Shift and Call Darkness to avoid as much as possible before you can swap your beetle or cockroach in for the last round. It can be a bit tricky timing dodge skills in time for the whirlpool to hit, but if you can pull it off it works like a charm.

It's worth knowing that I've had success with this approach despite the fact that my shadeling is grey quality.

Comment by Greynomad

Like many others I found Dos-Ryga hugely frustrating because of the huge heals he does.

I made a fun team which I call the "Three Stooges" made up of three szechuan chickens - they sort Dos out with no problem. Presumably any three chooks would do the same.

Comment by Hrabenka

The tactic I have been using is thus:

First up use any scorpion or similar and hit him with a poison attack. Any poison will do, as long as it lasts for a few rounds. Then swap your scorpion straight out for...

An additional benefit is that the scorpion doesn't need to be high level so you can get a bit of xp for him too.

Comment by Atrisha

I used Apocalypse from my lvl 23 Beetle. Cast that first then immediately pulled him out. Then I used Anubisath Idol to hold him off a few rounds. He made it till round 13 before I had to put in my Celestial Dragon. Apocalypse hit, beetle was still alive.

Comment by Ziboo

Cockroach in the first round cast apocalypse, sub out moth and crow, cockroach with survival and some low level flank hits until apocalypse killed Dos-Ryga (he'd healed back to 1500ish).

Comment by twotoemcgraw

open with a zandalari kneebiter, use black claw followed with hunting party. after the second round of hunting party the kneebiter will die. bring out a grasslands hopper, hit swarm, Dos-Ryga is dead. Quick and almost painless

Comment by infernalkid

Just beated it with Scourged Whelping (20 lvl, just for the heal reduce) and two Moths. Refresh Call Darkness, hope Moth dust will proc and that's it.

Comment by Crusi

it seems the trick with the cockroach doesn't work anymore.tried it 3 times and it wouldn't give me the victory, tried it with other pets and it gave me :(

Comment by Guanyin

Simple and very effective way to kill Dos-Ryga is with a Fox and an upgraded Gilnean Raven. Start with dazzling dance, do a few normal attacks so you eat the whirlpool with your fox. You should be at low health, use howl, Dos-Ryga kills your fox right after, so you have 2 turns with the howl buff for your raven. Call darkness and nocturnal strike finish him off easily.

Comment by mossy2775

This rare is bugged on Lightbringer server. every time i get him down to where i can one hit him with any pet. it hits him for next to nothing and he hits me 5+ times with attacks over 1k. They really need to fix this guy.

Comment by bruce657

I have found the following strat to work quite well. I start out with a Wildhammer Gryphon Hatchling and attack a few times until life gets low, then I use Flock, timing it such that the Gryphon dies during flock (hopefully soaking the Whirlpool in the process), giving me a full 2 rounds of the debuff for my next pet. The second pet I use is a Rare 25 Amber Moth. My first attack is Moth Dust which almost one shots him, and if I'm lucky it puts him to sleep. Then I follow up with Slicing wind to finish him off. Your luck may vary depending on when he uses his abilities but it's a good quick kill when it works.

Comment by LTygress

Moths, moths, moths. They are VERY strong against aquatic (which he obviously is... he's a giant fish) and they hit hard anyway.

Comment by technoGRIM

I used a S/S crow and opened with call darkness then just used murder till crow died which should eat the whirlpool also bring out gilnean raven and nocturnal strike finishes him.

Comment by odinwalder

Comment by odinwalder

I have an even better 3-move strat. 1. Use a Crow = Call darkness + Murder of crows (+100% dmg debuff)2. Anything with nocturnal strike and he's dead

Comment by Starburned

If you're going with the cockroach plan, I highly suggest bringing along 2 undead pets. Dragonkin moves are weak to undead. Plus the undead's ability to come back for one round, this will keep all of your pets long enough for the apocalypse to do its work. If you don't want to use the cockroach, Gilnean Raven and Blighthawk are great for this fight. Call darkness + Nocturnal Strike are very useful from the raven, especially since call darkness limits healing. Blighthawk is undead but has flying moves which makes it great for this fight. Wildhammer Gryphon Hatchling did well as a third pet. So does Shrine Fly. All of the pets I used were level 25 and rare except for the cockroach, which was uncommon and level 23.

Comment by ajstoys

Just used lvl 20 (blue) Scourged Whelp and 2 moths, worked like a charm!

Comment by geekygirlish

This hateful miserable fish! I think it is the king of RNG because same line up can get you a handful of outcomes so a strategy is sort of silly, it is mostly luck with this jerk.

I have found a variation on a theme here which hedges your bet with luck. Start with Mr Bigglesworth and cast ice tomb, I used him at lvl 16, so don't worry about his level. Then swap to any chicken/turkey with flock and cast that. The bird may or may not last the full three rounds, but what will happen is you get the additional damage of the "ice bomb" which also stuns the fish for a round so you have breathing room. He'll be at low health. Then bring in the moth for moth dust. It will probably kill him, but if not, you still have one more shot before his big heal to finish him off with slicing winds/alpha strike.

I realise this is a solution with a pet that is a bit more difficult to get as he is part of an ach. I only just got Mr Bigglesworth today, and eager to see what he can do, so trying him out in lot of scenarios. He is mean! Guess he is pissed off from being killed all the time in Naxx!

Comment by AnzuKT

I use the following team with great success on Dos-Ryga. He ends up dead in six or so rounds. Unborn Val'kyr, Chrominius, and for your third slot, a Raven or Crow as a safety.

1) Start with Unborn Val'kyr (I use B/B). Open with Curse of Doom and use Shadow Slash until one of the following happens:- 1 Round left on Whirlpool- 2 Rounds left on Curse of Doom.2) Use Haunt and swap to Chrominius. Since you used Haunt on the last round of Whirlpool, it will eat the effect and not damage Chrominius!3) Use Howl immediately.4) Use Surge.

At this point, Dos-Ryga should be dead, even with its resistance to Undead abilities, CoD should still hit for 600-800 points. If, for some reason he is not, just swap to your Crow/Raven and finish off with Call Darkness and Nocturnal Strike. :)

Comment by SirRoivas

Pet 1: A Scourged Whelpling. Anything with Call Darkness should do, but the Whelpling resists Frost Breath, which helps.

Pet 2: Anything with Flock that is faster than Dos-Ryga without the Flying racial.

Pet 3: A Crow/Raven.

Start with Pet 1 and use Call Darkness.

Next, switch immediately to Pet 2 and start using Flock; keep it up until that pet dies (you want this to happen sooner rather than later, so hope for "bad" RNG).

Finally, switch to Pet 3. Renew Call Darkness if it ran out, otherwise, use Nocturnal Strike; this should finish him.

A piece of advice for the Legendary Beasts: don't bother leveling pets on them, as they give crap experience.

Comment by Alecino

Found him the toughest from all the elites, but can be done. You need any fancy pets just lvl 25: Fire Beetle because of Apocalypses, and any two pets that you can use to drag out the fight, ie; heal ability.

Comment by IMissThottbot

Just beat her with a little luck, and a lvl 22 (blue) Shrine Fly + lvl 23 (green) Skywisp Moth.

Opened with Fly's Glowing Toxin, then used Cocoon Strike, used Wind, then renewed the Toxin just before it died. On the moth, used Call Lightning, then slicing wind, cocooned a whirlpool hit. It died without me needing to swap to the third pet. HOWEVER, I did get lucky with Dos-Ryga's cast sequence; I -think- this was one of the "opens with heal ability" fights.

Comment by reilyn

Beasts of Fable

The most effective team I've found so far for all of the beasts is Unborn Val'kyr, Chrominius and a backup of your choice. You should finish the fight within about 5-7 rounds. However, try to pick a good backup for each beast in case RNG is not on your side and you need a couple of extra attacks.

Special note about Ti'un the Wanderer: You will need your backup pet most of the time due to the mitigated damage from Shell Shield. Gilnean Raven is a good choice of backup but any will work; you shouldn't need more than 1-2 extra hits anyway.

** Edited to rephrase for all beasts. **

Comment by Allecto

Using the wonderful strategy mentioned by Joann, I just thought I'd add that now, the Dread Hatchling Dread Hatchling can do both the Call Darkness and Nocturnal Strike required for this strategy.

Comment by Aydwen

I wanted to post this, because I wanted to use Joann's strategy but I have a very limited number of level 25 pets. I am not big on pet battles, but I am very into achievements as a whole. So I recently started going through all of the achievements that require defeating all the master and grand master pet tamers. I have only 11 level 25 pets, a few level 24 pets, and a decent amount of level 23 pets. I didn't have the pets Joann suggested, so I also found a way to beat Dos-Ryga, and it only took me two pets. A Szechuan Chicken, and an Amber Moth. I used a Flammering Moth at the end, just in case. But if you have a 2nd Amber Moth, that is what I recommend you use as a 3rd pet.

Open with the Szechuan Chicken, and use Squawk. Then use Peck twice. At this time you will have a Whirlpool about to hit you, and likely have lost some health prior to this point. So now you use the chickens Flock ability, until your chicken dies. This will take a decent amount of health off of Dos-Ryga, and hopefully it hasn't healed yet. Put in your Amber Moth 2nd. And utilize the debuff that Dos-Ryga has from your chickens Flock ability (Increased dmg by 100% for 2 rounds) and hit Dos-Ryga with Alpha Strike twice. I was lucky, and this was enough to kill Dos-Ryga. But even if it doesn't, you have a big head start. It only took my one attempt with this set-up, and I never even had to use a third pet. But I assume that I was just lucky my first time around, and you may die once or twice before succeeding with this plan.

But if you are like me, and have a limited amount of pets at level 25 but you really want the achievements then this is the setup I recommend. I hope this helps.

Comment by prinsallan

World of Warcraft, Pandaria Pet Battle Guide.

With this guide you should get some nice Pet Battling stuff and make a few hundred gold and 500 timeless coins on the Pandaria dailys every day. Some days you get a pet worth (Auction house) appx 500-1500g in addition to the usual stuff.

This should be all you need to conquer the dailys. The guide is free to use, but if you want to donate a euro or two for my time, just send it to paypal prinsallan@hotmail.com with "wow pet-battle thanks" note attached!Good luck and happy pet-battling!-Jonas "prinsallan" Åstrand

====================================Fastguide (all pets mentioned below are Rare (Blue) and lvl 25, except your level-pet (if any) ofc. See each move-build in the Appendix A section of this guide and see Appendix B for in-depth guide for each battle.

Appendix B-In-Depth for this battle:02. Dos-Ryga:Start with Savory Beetle (or other with Apocalypse). Apocalypse immidiatly, then switch to Rabid Nut Varmint 2000.Just Extra Plating, then Repair. Attack if both these are out.If Rabid Nut Varmint 2000 dies, bring in Spirit Crab til Apocalypse wins (Savory Beetle must be alive when Apocalypse hits so if it is tight, use his Survival for the win!).

Comment by prinsallan

In-Depth for this battle:02. Dos-Ryga:Start with Savory Beetle (or other with Apocalypse). Apocalypse immidiatly, then switch to Rabid Nut Varmint 2000.Just Extra Plating, then Repair. Attack if both these are out.If Rabid Nut Varmint 2000 dies, bring in Spirit Crab til Apocalypse wins (Savory Beetle must be alive when Apocalypse hits so if it is tight, use his Survival for the win!).

My fastguide is the notes I have made for myself to get through the dailys in Pandaria a little quicker. The order they follow is the most effecient way to get to all 22 if you look at the world map, starting from the Shrine of Two Moons.With this guide you should get some nice Pet Battling stuff and make a few hundred gold and 500 timeless coins on the Pandaria dailys every day. Some days you get a pet worth (Auction house) appx 500-1500g in addition to the usual stuff.

This should be all you need to conquer the dailys. Good luck and happy pet-battling!-Jonas "prinsallan" Åstrand

====================================Fastguide (all pets mentioned below are Rare (Blue) and lvl 25, except your level-pet (if any) ofc. See each move-build in the Appendix A section of this guide and see Appendix B for in-depth guide for each battle.

Comment by IMissThottbot

With Dread Hatchling + any pet with Howl this becomes so much easier. Just get Howl off on the round that your Howling pet will die (can even shove a levelling pet in beforehand, for a round).

Dread Hatchling uses Call Darkness + Nocturnal Strike and Dos dies.

If my Howl pet is 25 and gets a few hits off, sometimes I don't even get to the Strike.

Comment by JustBecause

Thank you after 8 tries and different combinations I finally found one that worked like a charm. The Wildhammer Gryphon Hatchling then the Ashwing Moth Just Squak, flock, squak, flock, die: Moth just dust and the fish was dead. Finally.

Comment by saturasxc

the most retarded battle pet ever!

Comment by Hezuz

I used the following strategy to easily bring him down:

Pet 1: Dung Beetle (only lvl 22)

Use Apocalypse, Use Scratch, Use Survival if it seems your dying or Scratch once more and then Survival. Switch to pet 2 when Dung Beetle is still alive and well (probably at 1 health)

Pet 2: Lil'Bling (lvl 25)

Use Extra Plating, Use Inflation until Lil Bling Dies and then switch to pet 3.

Pet 3: Oasis Moth (lvl 25)

Use Cocoon Strike, Use Moth Dust (Dealt over 1000 dmg because of Inflation and also luckily put Dos-Ryga to sleep), Use Alpha Strike = Win

Apocalypse was 3 turns away from happening and Oasis Moth was still at full HP when the fight was over. Althought you probably have to just keep on using Cocoon Strike, Moth Dust, Alpha Strike until Apocalypse Hits the ground. You might get lucky and win faster like i did if your first Moth Dust crits and sleeps Dos-Ryga.

Comment by infernosnow

There are many working strategies; here is another however, if you happen to have these pets or pets with similar abilities.

The strategy:Dragonling: Flyby, Bombing Run, repeat Flyby until Dos-Ryga heals (he may heal directly after Bombing Run, in which case you will not need to do any Flyby's to trigger his heal), then Explode.Bombling: ExplodeGryphon: Peck, Peck, Peck

The idea is to trigger his heal to get it on cooldown, then burst him using the damage increase from Flyby, the Bombing Run, two Explodes, then super-effective Flying damage to fit as much damage in before he heals again.

It is important to Explode immediately with your Blackfuse Bombling. I know it seems counter-intuitive to kill him off immediately, but you want to maximize your burst with Explode and get your Gryphon's Flying abilities out asap before Dos-Ryga heals.

Comment by airrenbb

as i am newer to pet battle, and on my first round with the fable beasts, i havent collected some of the higher pets, however i did kill this pesk with the following team:

Comment by rlouisw

1. With your Flock pet, use Flock until this pet dies. Since this pet always took the first turn of every round, there will always be 2 rounds of the Flock debuff remaining.2. Bring in Crow S/S. Cast Call Darkness. Crow can take a Frost Breath and be fine, but if your Crow gets hit by Whirlpool, it will lose its flying racial. But since it still has more speed in this breed, it takes the first turn on the next round. Use Nocturnal Strike to win.3. If Crow was attacked and hit by a Whirlpool, it will most likely die. But there is still one turn on the Flock debuff. Bring in your Nocturnal Strike pet and use it to win. Also, if you either had some bad rng or if Dos-Ryga healed on the Call Darkness turn, you might need another attack. Dos-Ryga won't be able to use it's heal again before you get another attack or two and win.

Dos-Ryga can't heal itself enough to survive these two attacks with the Flock debuff unless you get some rather aweful rng. But even if you do, there will be time for one more attack which will finish the job.

Comment by rammsteinmoshin

Gigantic pain in my keester!

Chrominius 1, 1, 2

2 ashwing moths 1, 2, 2

Open with chrominius

howlbitesurge of power

he dies

ashwing moth

mothdustcoocoon strikealpha strike

he dies

repeat exact thing

only downside to this strategy is if you miss with a mothdust, you are more hosed than R. Kelly's visitors. enjoy

Comment by Thedroogs

Chrominius cast Howl, then Bite, then Surge of Power. Chrominius dead.Yellow Moth finished off Dos-Ryga with one Moth Dust.

This fight either goes really well, or really awful. You have to burst him down before he casts one of his huge heals. If you miss one shot, you probably lose, because it is hard to overcome his amount of healing.

Comment by rawrkrissy

I started off with Siphon Life followed up with a few Shadow Slashes. When Dos-Ryga was about to kill my Val'kyr, I used Unholy Ascension and switched to the Scourged Whelpling.

With my Scourged Whelpling, I used Call Darkness followed up with a few Tail Sweeps. By the time Dos-Ryga "killed" my Whelpling, Call Darkness was back up. After the passive procced, I used Call Darkness and I killed Dos-Ryga, but on one attempt I had to use my Nexus Whelpling.

If you have to use the Nexus Whelpling, I put Wild Magic up and just Tail Sweep till Dos-Ryga was dead.

I tried this after getting fed up with leveling a Vampiric Batling to do the Call Darkness + Nocturnal Strike combo for the kill and also several fails with my Garden and Skywisp Moth.

Comment by Wowpixel

Since some of these strats flat out don't work anymore (pre-5.3 and it's WoD now), here's some 6.0.3 strats that combines some of the earlier methods that still work. I spent about an hour going through all the suggestions with Dos-Ryga, and here's what actually works now.

1. Cast Geyser.2. Switch to Wildhammer Gryphon Hatchling (or your choice of flyer with Flock).3. Cast Flock.4. Here's the part that folks overlook: the flyer has to die right after the Flock is over - thus Level 20-22 only pet. When it dies, there's 2 rounds of Shattered Defenses, which increases the damage of Moth Dust. If it dies sooner, the two rounds would be up before the Moth can strike. The flyer is there not for the damage, just the buff to counter the epic 50% damage debuff.5. Cast Moth Dust and pray that it hits!

With all that quick damage and switching of pets Dos-Ryga doesn't even have time to heal. It's like stopping the clock, and only playing for 5 rounds - Geyser; 3 rounds of Flock and Moth Dust.

Explanation:Starting a battle with Foxling. Use Dazzling Dance then swap to leveling up pet. Then right away swap back to Foxling.Keep on using Flurry till enemy's water bomb gets 1 round left or Foxling health gets bellow 500 then use Howl. Let Foxling get killed.Swap to Kaliri and use Predatory Strike then Quills.(If enemy use healing then use Shriek then keep on using Quills till Peredatory Strike is available.)

To understand how the pet type and #Battle Sequence work then please go to my main post |Legendary Beasts|.

Comment by Hollicow

Started with the Raven, Call Darkness and then Nocturnal Strike.Switched to Valkyrie, Unholy Ascention - died.Switched in Chrominius, Howl, Surge of Power - recovered two roundsSwitched back to Raven, Nocturnal Strike finished him off.

This was a bit close, and perhaps I should have put Doom on with the Valk before Unholy Ascention, but it got the job done.

Comment by Yzerman79

Maybe this is already posted here but I did this pretty easy with just two pets.Pandaren water spirit and Chrominius.

Start with Pandaren water spirit and use Geyser then Whirlpool.Switch to Chrominius and use Howl and finish off with Surge of Power.

Fishy should be dead by now.Maybe some bad RNG could fail it, but not yet for me.

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Comment by madgreek65

Got him with 2 lvl 25 moths. I did put him to sleep in 3 of 4 tries though.

Comment by ullrapollo

2 pet with Gilnaven Raven (1, 2, 1) and Alpine Foxling (2, 2, 2):

Call Darkness,Switch to FoxDazzling Dance (not sure if this is even needed)HowlSwitch back to RavenNocturnal StrikePeckPeck, (Sometimes the Raven will die)If raven dies switch to Fox, How, then Flury.

Has worked for me.

Comment by Sarthorius

Almost soloed with Lil'Bling. Start making the weapon to launch, then the mechanical stampede to cover his damage reduction buff, as soon you get out of it (or die and get rezzed), launch it. It hits for 1.4k here.

Comment by Kozymo

With good RNG, you can solo this guy with one moth, using Moth Dust and putting him to sleep a lot and using Alpha strike in between and Cocoon Strike when he tries to put a whirlpool under you.

I have only gotten good RNG once. Usually, my Moth Dust never puts him to sleep, and he kills all three of my moths.

I think I finally found a three moth combo, where Moth Dust never puts him to sleep, and I still won.

First moth I used, was a Ashwing moth, using Nimbus first, then Moth Dust, which didn't put him to sleep of course. I used Alpha Strike, till Moth Dust came off CD, and it missed again, then Alpha Strike till Ashwing died.

I used two Amber moths next with Dust, Alpha strike and Cocoon strike to avoid whirlpool.

None of my moths Moth Dust ever worked to put him to sleep, but with that little 20% boost to hit chance for 9 rounds, from Nimbus, it helped and my last moth survived with HP to spare.

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Comment by maninthemoon

This guy cannot be killed. If he gets under 50% he just resets his health. Lather rinse repeat all day. Unless you have an ability that can do 2k in one shot, you're out of luck.

Comment by mzBKworm

I borrowed from sirinad for this fight. I put out my Blue 23 Roach and cast apocalypse. Immediately switched to golden dawn feather 25 rare and cast sunny day, and then love potion. Switched to Nether faerie dragon and used cyclone, then life exchange and used slicing wind till my it died. Pulled back out dawnfeather and spammed heal, Sunnyday and peck until it died. Then apocalypse hit and dos died, making me the Victor.

Comment by akirajumps

Had great results with this strat:

Chrominius 2, 1, 2Amber Moth 2, 1, 2 (Can be any moth)Moth (Didn't use but same as Amber)

HowlSurge of Powerget killedswitch to Amber MothMoth DustAlpha Strike until he dies

Comment by hairytara

I had a lot of trouble and tried some of the suggestions here but I didn't have the same pets at Level 25 and I am impatient. I tried a team with Szechuan chicken, Jungle Beak and Scourged Whelpling. I did use flock peck, sqawk and flock with my chicken which did a little damage and then when Jungle Beak's turn came I used Nocturnal Strike which did considerable damage to Dos and prevented it from healing. Nailed it. Didn't even need my third.

The point of this strategy is to survive long enough to kill Dos-Ryga with the effect of Apocalypse after 15 rounds. The pet that casts Apocalypse in the beginning must be alive in round 15 and must be a type of pet that survives the effect of Apocalypse. As long as you fulfill this condition you can replace any of the pets with any other pet capable of surviving long enough to get to round 15 where you will inevitably win the fight.

Sometimes a pet will survive a round more or less than planned. This does not matter at all as long as you reach round 15 with your first pet still alive.

Have fun.

Edit: Sorry, I got the number wrong and the last paragraph said Flank instead of properly saying Apocalypse

Comment by Arugadh

I'm commenting just to get RLouisW's strategy below back in this, because it still works for Dos Ryga and doesn't rely on RNG, even after Legion.

Start with the Wildhammer Gryphon Hatchling and Flock over & over until the Hatchling dies. Bring in the Crow. Hit Call Darkness. If the Crow lives for the second blow, use Nocturnal Strike. If the Crow dies, bring in your third pet & Nocturnal Strike. Dos Ryga dies, and we all have bbq'd fish for dinner.

Tested and STILL works perfectly as of 10/18/2016, after multiple fails using the other strats listed here.

Comment by JustJinxed

Unexpectedly, I solo'd him just now with Gilnean Raven. (2,2,1)Left the fight with more half life remaining. RNG was kind, as blindness botched two of his whirlpools.

Comment by Steelhammer

This one worked fine for me, thanks!

Comment by ToviValdora

Three crows destroys all four legendary aquatic fights (Skitterer Xi'a, No-No, Ti'un the Wanderer and Dos'Ryga.) The breed of crow really doesn't matter. I have just a regular Crow, Gilnean Crow, and Dread Hatchling. Call Darkness, Nocturnal Strike, and the most powerful hit you have in the #1 slot. My two crows use Alpha Strike and my Dread Hatchling has Peck (because I didn't want to rely on RNG.) The only time it gets dicey is on No-No. He doesn't have an order to his moves and sometimes his Dive + Dam ability can screw you up. However, I have never failed these four fights since I switched to crows (I used to do the Apocalypse strat.)